Matt Haig

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2,177 appearances 5 recordings 4 series first heard May 2026 last heard 18 Jun

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Off The Shelf with Morgann Book · #51: Why Matt Haig Reads 1-Star Reviews of The Midnight Library · 18 Jun 2026 podcast

So books actually...

became the only kind of media or entertainment I could consume.

So I was back in my childhood bedroom for months at my mum and dad's house.

And as a 24-year-old, I was sitting there reading C.S.

Lewis.

I was reading Winnie the Pooh, House at Pooh Corner.

And because I've written about this experience and because I've written about mental health,

I'm sometimes asked, what is my favorite self-help book?

And my favorite self-help book is Winnie the Pooh.

Winnie the Pooh for me is like everything.

Now I know about A.A.

Milne, and A.A.

Milne in today's language would be diagnosed with PTSD because he'd been through the First World War, he had shell shock, he was having nightmares, he was in a state of distress, and yet he created the most comforting story arguably there's ever been.

So he created this world of 100 Acre Wood and these characters out of this state of distress.

And I love sort of psychoanalyzing Winnie the Pooh and, you know, seeing all the archetypes there.

So you've got Eeyore with depression.

You've got Piglet with anxiety.

You've got neurodiversity represented potentially by Tigger with ADHD.

You've got Owl, who at the very least is dyslexic.

You've got, who else have you got?

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